Abstract
In the present study an attempt was made to know the relationship between personality factor emotional stability and academic achievement of the high school students of South Kamrup district of Assam, India. Students were randomly selected from different high schools of the selected area. A sample of 400 (both boys and girls) students was selected and Cattell's Jr. High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) was administered to them and record of academic achievement was collected from the school record. Subsequently the data were subjected to statistical analysis with the help of percentage analysis and x2 .Results indicated a significant relationship between emotional stability and academic achievement of high school students of South kamrup district, Assam, India. The study also depicted that high level of emotional stability leads to high academic achievement and low emotional stability leads to low level of academic achievement.
Highlights
Human beings are constantly striving for adjustment with the environment
Table-2 depicts that X2 value showing the relationship between personality factor C or Emotional stability and Academic achievement is significant at 0.01 level for 4 degrees of freedom
From the present study it is clear that majority (66.5%) of the students had high personality factor C or High emotional stability
Summary
Human beings are constantly striving for adjustment with the environment. In this process the behaviour, attitude and activity of an individual is influenced by different factors. Many personality traits and psychological factors like dependency, independency, persistency, consistency, drive, incentive, frustration, consistent striving for achieving the goal have remarkable influence on behaviour and activity of the people. These influences may be positive as well as negative. Though in the High school personality Questionnaire of Cattell 14PF are included, for the present study only Factor C or Emotional Stability has been considered. These different traits affect individuals positively or negatively and in this way determine the achievement level of individuals. Six complete blocks namely Boko block, Chamaria Block, Chaygaon Block, Bongaon Block, Goroimari Block, Rampur Block, Chayani Block and parts of Rani Block are included within the jurisdiction District
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